The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-10-20
A PULLMAN CAR EPISODE.


New York World
Some years ago a big, fat and pompous
man strolled into a sleeping car on board
3 Union Pacific train with the air of a
man who owned things. After he had
looked at everybody till he had grati6ed
his curiosity, he settled down in a seat
and began to watch from the window the
swiftly changing landscape. The sleep
ing car conductor put his hand on the
shoulder of the large, globular man and
asked him if he had Pullman ticket
The man spread his legs little wider, so
as to take up little more room, breathed
in about 2,7OO cubic feet of Nebraska
ozone aud said he did not have to have a
ticket. "You have to show a ticket here
in this car or go into the car where you
belong," said the urbane conductor who
assists Sir George Pullman in giving his
beloved sleep. We are not carrying
people this summer ust to cultivate a
friendly feeling between man and man."
Do You know" said the large man as
he threw back his coat so as to show a
two pound diamond, "that | can have
you out of job in three minutes and hang
your pelt on the fence as soon as we get
| to Omaha"
"No, l didn't know that, of course !;
but know that if you don't show me
your authority for riding in this car will
call the porter and we will use you to lu-
bricate the young and growing State of
| Nebraska. You may be an eminent man,
but you have way of concealing it that
would battle any conductor in the United
| States"
Y E,,l -t,1 I
get to Omaha" said the large purple man,
looking at his seven pound watch, and
swapping it so that a nervous woman
nearly ju!npel out of the car. g Y You will
then know vino | am, but it will be too
late"
"True, true,' said the conductor, mus
ingly. "It will then he nleed too late,
for nobody who comes to search for YOU
will know who You arr, AMI You will be
very shocking sight
Dung man, when vou are my age |
dope you will know more
Yes, Sir. | also hope l will know
more, and | wish that you had been
blessed by KNOWN. morr.'
Sir, my name is a h 1sthol word
from New York l. San Francisco. II
you had ever travelled much YOU would
no: have to ask for my ticket You ought
to be able to recognize a man who has
been in public lie as long as have"
;Pos>iby So" said tn. condactor, TAX
ng off bis coat and calling the porter,
" bat somehow you DO not remind me Of
any great man | ever saw. You look
more to me like man who has struck a
popular chord in leaf lard or quelIed the
national cry for an earnest and tenacious
style OF glue. AS said before, the rules
of this company require that you shall
produce curte ency, pass or ticket or get
off and walk. Will You show us your
credentials or earn the everlasting en-
nifty of the road by falling off the plat
form and mussing up the right-o f-way 2"
The large mans breath came quick and
his brow grew black, a. he ground his
teeth and went out of the car. | sup
posed he had gone out to plunge off the
platform as we sped swiftly down the
grade | went back to see him do it, for
had never seen man distribute himself
over monotonous sweep of country that
way; but, much to my surprise, he went
into large, yellow, special car that was
attached to the train, and we afterward
learned that he was Leland Stanford,
who has SINCE that filled to overdowing
seat in the United States Senate
The conductor continued to hold his
position for years after, though several
times he made this same sad error of not
recognizing some of our most eminent
men in politics, art and letters.
Twice he missed it on me. But did
not report him, for he ought to maintain
discipline, l claim, and besides, | had
shaved off my moustache since we last
met.
We ought not to ask too much of
conductor. Our great men are constantly
changing their appearance by putting on
different hats or getting their hair cut,
and a conductor is almost forced to de-
mand ticket or some other guarantee Of
good faith from every one who travels
with him.
Governor Stanford is a very large man
physically, and this gives his brain a
wonderful amount of sea-room and a
good chance to stretch itself He enjoys
being in the Senate very much, for it
gives him an opportunity to meet other
wealthy men and helps him to forget
about the low, common people who
elected him. He is sorry now that he
did not 60 to the Senate years ago. 1t is
the best place to 90 to recover from
brain fag that he knows of, and he says
that his tag hasn't looked so we'll for
years. BILL NYE.